[sw-l] SignPuddle

[Sandy Fleming]

Thanks, Steven - I understand the explanation, I just didn't know at the
time how things worked in the background.

I haven't time to try things till tomorrow, but I think everything should be
fine now.

Sandy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Stephen
> Slevinski
> Sent: 07 October 2004 17:23
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: RE: [sw-l] SignPuddle
>
>
> Hi Sandy,
>
> Sign Puddle worked properly, but the browser confused you by displaying
> cached information.
>
> Here's what happened.
>
> 1) Deleting Wales worked.
> 2) Renaming Wales_2 to Wales worked; however, the browser was using the
> cached version of Wales.png.  You should have noticed that the load button
> was present.  Pressing refresh on the page would have reloaded the correct
> graphic.
> 3) I'm betting you pressed the back button.  This reloaded the
> previous page
> which contained a delete Wales command.  This deleted Wales, which was
> Wales_2 renamed.  Then all the Wales signs were gone.
>
> I can look into forcing a reload on the graphic after renaming.
> I can also
> look into blocking the delete command when the back button is
> used to reload
> a page.
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience.
> -Stephen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Sandy Fleming
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:52 AM
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Subject: RE: [sw-l] SignPuddle
>
>
> Hmmm... is there a bug?
>
> I had Wales and Wales_2, and I deleted Wales
>
> I then renamed Wales_2 to Wales, and it did so but displayed the
> old "Wales"
> sign instead.
>
> But now when I search for Wales in the dictionary, it says no results
> found - so both have been deleted!
>
> How come this sort of thing only happens to me?  :D
>
> Sandy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Stephen
> > Slevinski
> > Sent: 07 October 2004 13:26
> > To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > Subject: RE: [sw-l] SignPuddle
> >
> >
> > Hi Sandy,
> >
> > Open the Sign Puddle dictionary.  Select the Dictionary Editors
> > icon on the
> > left.  It is directly under the Sign Maker icon.
> >
> > In the Search for Sign edit box, enter "Wales".  Press Search.
> > You will see
> > Wales and Wales_2.  Next to Wales_2, you will notice the Load
> > button.  This
> > button can load the sign into Sign Maker.  Any sign with the load button
> > will never need to be reentered again: it has a build file and is
> > written in
> > the IMWA.  Also, it will be included in the SWML-S output for the
> > SignPuddle
> > dictionary, so other software should eventually be able to use
> it without
> > having to reenter it.
> >
> > Since you were invited to be an editor for the sgn-GB dictionary,
> > you have a
> > username and password.  On the Dictionary Editor screen, scroll
> > down to the
> > bottom, past the flags.  You will notice the area where you can
> enter the
> > user and password.  Login. (case sensitive)
> >
> > Now you can rename and delete signs.
> >
> > Let me know if you have any problems.
> > -Stephen
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Sandy Fleming
> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:20 AM
> > To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > Subject: [sw-l] SignPuddle
> >
> >
> > Hi Folks!
> >
> > I had a go at updating one of the old signs in the BSL SignPuddle
> > dictionary
> > and all seems in order except I now have signs called "Wales" and
> > "Wales_2".
> >
> > How do I delete the older sign and rename the new one to "Wales"?
> >
> > I chose this sign first because I found a much better way to
> spell it - so
> > don't be surprised at how different the two are!
> >
> > Am I right in thinking that all the signs in the dictianary
> should now be
> > re-entered using SignMaker? SignMaker is mature enough now, isn't it? I
> > woon't have to go re-entering all the signs again in the future, will I?
> >
> > Sabdy
> >
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